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Read more about the article Jeanette Schoon and Daughter Killed By a Letter Bomb – 28 June 1984
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Jeanette Schoon and Daughter Killed By a Letter Bomb – 28 June 1984

Jeanette Schoon and Daughter Killed By a Letter Bomb – 28 June 1984 On 28 June 1984, former member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), Jeanette Schoon,…

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June 29, 2025
Read more about the article Forty Years of the 1985 Botswana Massacre: The Victims were Very ‘Soft’ Targets
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Forty Years of the 1985 Botswana Massacre: The Victims were Very ‘Soft’ Targets

Forty Years of the 1985 Botswana Massacre: The Victims were Very ‘Soft’ Targets (Adapted from an Article by a Sechaba Special Correspondent, August 1985). On the night of 14 June…

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June 14, 2025
Read more about the article Thami Mnyele Coldheartedly Murdered: 40 Years On
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Thami Mnyele Coldheartedly Murdered: 40 Years On

Thami Mnyele Coldheartedly Murdered: 40 Years On On 14 June 1985, Thami Mnyele was shot dead by apartheid South African Defence Force (SADF) soldiers outside his home in Gaborone. He…

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June 14, 2025
Read more about the article The Commonwealth EPG Visit: Part 2
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The Commonwealth EPG Visit: Part 2

The Commonwealth EPG Visit: Part 2 On 21 May 1986, the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (EPG) admitted that their Mission to Africa initiative had failed. This followed their meeting with…

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May 21, 2025
Read more about the article Lizo Bright Ngqungwana – Commander of the Western Cape
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Lizo Bright Ngqungwana – Commander of the Western Cape

Lizo Bright Ngqungwana – Commander of the Western Cape At around 02:00, in the morning of 23 April 1986, while Lizo Bright Ngqungwana was asleep in a three-roomed hut in…

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April 23, 2025
Read more about the article Frontline States under Pressure
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Frontline States under Pressure

Frontline States under Pressure On 23 February 1985, Botswana Foreign Minister, G.K.T. Chiepe, was present when African National Congress (ANC) President Oliver Tambo and Thabo Mbeki met Botswana President Masire,…

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February 23, 2025